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[Book] A Game of Thrones (First Impressions)

Since I had heard so much about the popular HBO TV series "Game of Thrones" (which for the record isn't the topic of this thread), I decided a few weeks ago to buy the first 4 books of "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin. It's a paperback box set that I got at Walmart for about $25, so it's a pretty reasonable price for 4 paperback books, I think.

I'm about 100 pages into the first book, "A Game of Thrones," and I gotta say it's quite an engrossing story. I haven't touched the other three books in the set, so I'd appreciate it if spoilers were avoided. To those who haven't read the books or seen the TV series before, I gotta say that it's not a light read. From the pages I've read, it's got a lot of graphic and oftentimes disturbing details, and you know what they say: "The devil's in the details." Without causing controversy, let's just say that, from my observations, some parts could be considered controversial due to how certain characters are addressed or treated by their peers. Speaking of characters, I'm constantly having to refer to the appendix at the end of the book in order to see who's who and what their titles are since there are just so many characters to keep track of. It might just be due to my having an erratic and scatterbrained memory, but I digress.

TL;DR: my first impressions of the book are simple: it's a great read so far and it's definitely not for the little ones. If you've even got an inkling of interest in the series and are a bookworm, go for it.

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I really need to read some more of it sometime, I admit. Suffice to say, the series has made a good first impression on me. Now it's just a matter of getting around to reading more with everything else going on IRL. So much to do, not enough time...

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Tori, I haven't decided on a favorite character, per se. Only character I already don't like is Joffrey. The words I would use to describe him, I can't say here without it being non-PG. Suffice to say, it's a few not-so-nice words for a not-so-nice guy. Fitting.

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I'm really enjoying the books. Right now I'm going through a Feast for Crows. I actually find this one to be a little bit slow but that's probably because Martin's thrown in so many new POV characters.

Also, Davos is awesome. He's grown to become one of my favorite characters.

And anyone else find the whole deal with Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark to be interesting? [spoiler:txir1x03]I mean you get the first impression that Rhaegar&#39;s not a nice guy since Robert Baratheon didn&#39;t like him. But then your opinion of him starts to change when you hear other characters talk about him...and it turns out everyone thinks well of him aside from Robert, but that&#39;s because they both had a thing for Lyanna.[/spoiler:txir1x03]

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the series has been fantastic so far. Its just so frustrating having to wait years for a new book to come out. whenever one does i find myself going back and reading through them all again which is taking longer and longer lol.